Gabriel NathanWhy I Visit the Cemetery Where My Parents Will One Day Be“Are you alright?” my mother asked me one day a year or two ago.·10 min read·1 day ago----
Gabriel NathanPolice Suicide: A Failure to Look for the HelpersIt’s interesting to me that law enforcement has been keeping, collecting, and analyzing data on police officers assaulted or killed in…·11 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
Gabriel NathanOn The Inevitable Lightness of Democracy’s Death SpiralIt’s the New Hampshire Primary tonight so, naturally, I’m thinking about the scene in the John Waters film “Pecker” where Edward Furlong…·5 min read·Jan 24, 2024----
Gabriel NathanMemories of a Psych Hospital SantaJust as there are Santa's at shopping malls and at your local fire station’s Christmas morning pancake breakfast, there are Santa's in…·6 min read·Dec 23, 2023--2--2
Gabriel NathanThe Tragic Lives of Trolls“My, wasn’t life awful — and wonderful?”·10 min read·Dec 3, 2023----
Gabriel NathanThis Suicide Awareness Month: Go Ahead; Politicize Suicide Prevention“Don’t politicize suicide prevention,” they say, while forcing LGBTQIA+ kids into the shadows and into the closet.·3 min read·Sep 23, 2023--2--2
Gabriel NathanIf You See Something (Should You) Say Something(?):I’d like to write a funny essay today, but I don’t feel funny or feel like being funny. Maybe it’s too hot to be funny. Maybe it’s because…·8 min read·Jul 20, 2023----
Gabriel NathanAmerica’s Love Letter from an Immigrant’s SonMy father came here from Israel in 1972, to go to college — the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, to be exact (it isn’t there…·5 min read·Jul 4, 2023----
Gabriel NathanWoke Ramblings of a Snowflake Libtard Father of Two About to Turn 43Today, it’s May 8, 2023, and I’m wondering if I have the ability to post a recipe, or a prose-poem about doing laundry, or a shopping list…·4 min read·May 8, 2023--1--1
Gabriel NathanMatching Your Energy: The Police, Violence, and Mental Illness in AmericaBeginning on January 1, 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, for those who like acronyms and lightly buttered toast) began a…·9 min read·Mar 17, 2023----